diff --git a/KeyValueObjectMapping/DCNSDateConverter.m b/KeyValueObjectMapping/DCNSDateConverter.m
index 889dfcc..8d17b34 100644
--- a/KeyValueObjectMapping/DCNSDateConverter.m
+++ b/KeyValueObjectMapping/DCNSDateConverter.m
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 @interface DCNSDateConverter()
 @property(nonatomic, strong) NSString *pattern;
 - (BOOL) validDouble: (NSString *) doubleValue;
+- (NSDateFormatter *)dateFormatter;
 @end
 
 @implementation DCNSDateConverter
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ - (id)transformValue:(id)value forDynamicAttribute:(DCDynamicAttribute *)attribu
     if(validDouble){
         return [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:[value doubleValue]];
     }else{
-        NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
-        formatter.dateFormat = self.pattern;
+        NSDateFormatter *formatter = [self dateFormatter];
         return [formatter dateFromString:value];
     }
 }
@@ -48,4 +48,20 @@ - (BOOL) canTransformValueForClass: (Class) class {
 - (BOOL) validDouble: (NSString *) doubleValue {
   return [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init] numberFromString:doubleValue] != nil;
 }
+
+
+#pragma mark - Private Methods
+
+- (NSDateFormatter *)dateFormatter {
+  
+  NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
+  NSLocale *enUSPOSIXLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"];
+  
+  [dateFormatter setLocale:enUSPOSIXLocale];
+  [dateFormatter setDateFormat:self.pattern];
+  [dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
+  
+  return dateFormatter;
+}
+
 @end